MATTHEW 27:47 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.”
And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said: this man is calling Elijah. The misunderstanding of the Eli (my God) as Elijah — the one whose return the prophetic tradition anticipated — is the final ironic misunderstanding of Jesus' identity. The crowd hears the cry of God-abandonment and thinks it is a call for the prophet's rescue.
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